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Definition of candescent in English: candescentadjective kanˈdɛs(ə)ntkænˈdɛsənt rare Glowing with heat; luminous. Example sentencesExamples - Another way to prevent global warming is by replacing the candescent bulbs in homes with compact fluorescent lamps (CFL).
- She turned up at the shoot casually dressed in trousers and a top: a little girl with pallid yet candescent skin and cocoa-brown eyes, who stands just 5ft 3in high.
- We created our own fixtures that included fluorescent and candescent lights to create a softer environment.
- The living room area requires light from a desk lamp, with a candescent or energy-saving bulb and giving off warm light.
- If all candescent lights in China were replaced with energy-saving lights, 60 billion kilowatt hours of electricity could be saved every year.
Synonyms shining, bright, brilliant, radiant, dazzling, glowing, gleaming, coruscating, scintillating, lustrous, luminescent, phosphorescent, incandescent
OriginEarly 19th century: from Latin candescent-, from the verb candere 'be white, glow'. Definition of candescent in US English: candescentadjectivekanˈdesəntkænˈdɛsənt rare Glowing with, or as with, heat. Example sentencesExamples - She turned up at the shoot casually dressed in trousers and a top: a little girl with pallid yet candescent skin and cocoa-brown eyes, who stands just 5ft 3in high.
- If all candescent lights in China were replaced with energy-saving lights, 60 billion kilowatt hours of electricity could be saved every year.
- Another way to prevent global warming is by replacing the candescent bulbs in homes with compact fluorescent lamps (CFL).
- We created our own fixtures that included fluorescent and candescent lights to create a softer environment.
- The living room area requires light from a desk lamp, with a candescent or energy-saving bulb and giving off warm light.
Synonyms shining, bright, brilliant, radiant, dazzling, glowing, gleaming, coruscating, scintillating, lustrous, luminescent, phosphorescent, incandescent
OriginEarly 19th century: from Latin candescent-, from the verb candere ‘be white, glow’. |